Word: cuba
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...February Cuba shot down two U.S. civilian planes flown by anti-Castro pilots who lived in Diaz-Balart's district. Like much of the large local Cuban-American population, he is staunchly anti-Castro and pro-Helms-Burton Act, which denies foreigners who profit from Cuba-seized American property the right to visit the U.S. He has no Democratic opponent...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "I believe we should exert continued economic pressure on Castro's Cuba so that the last Soviet-style communistic state in the world will soon fall under the weight of economic bankruptcy...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "Arguments in Washington aren't bad. You do not see the North Koreans arguing. You do not see gridlock in Cuba. What you see in Washington is an argument about the best way that America should move forward...
BORN: May 26, 1940, Havana, Cuba EDUCATION: Academia Comercial Madres Escolapias (Cuba), 1958, B.B.A., 1958 FAMILY: Husband, Albert; one child RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Airline sales manager POLITICAL CAREER: None ADDRESS: P.O. Box 710557, La Guardia Station, Flushing...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "After I came here from Cuba, there were times when the money was not so good, believe me. But I did not go on welfare, I worked...